Alzira (city)

Alzira
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Valencia
Province :	Valencia
Comarca :	Ribera Alta
Coordinates	39 ° 9 ′ N , 0 ° 26 ′ W Coordinates: 39 ° 9 ′ N , 0 ° 26 ′ W
Height :	14 msnm
Area :	110.4 km²
Residents :	44,352 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	401.74 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	46600
Municipality number ( INE ):	46017
administration
Website :	www.alzira.es

Alzira (Spanish Alcira ) is a city in eastern Spain in the province of Valencia . The municipality is located on the Júcar River .

City flag

Location of the city in the comarca of Ribera Alta

history

It is uncertain whether the city is to be equated with the settlement Saetabicula founded by the Iberian tribe of the Contestani . Alzira was founded as Al-Yazirat Suquar (Júcar Island) by Arabs, in the Middle Ages it was a flourishing Moorish trading post . In 1242 the city was conquered by James I (Aragón) (1208–1276) and brought under Spanish control. In 1472, 1590, 1864, 1916, 1982 and 1987 the city was flooded.

economy

Alzira was surrounded by palm and mulberry groves until the 20th century, and rice was grown in the damp lowlands. The city has now become an important industrial center (paper and chemicals) and the population lives mainly from growing oranges.

Attractions

The old town of Alzira was classified as Conjunto histórico-artístico in 2004 .

Monastery de la Murta
Route of the Monasteries of Valencia

sons and daughters of the town

Juan de Vera (1453–1507), Archbishop of Salerno and Cardinal
Pedro Martínez (born 1997), tennis player

Town twinning

Aliza's twin cities are Corbeil-Essonnes in the French region of Île-de-France and Onda in the Spanish region of Valencia .

Individual evidence

↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
↑ Ptolemy 2,6,61, cf. also Adolf Schulten : Saetabicula . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IA, 2, Stuttgart 1920, column 1727 ..
^ Database Patrimonio cultural
↑ www.laguia.es

Web links

Commons : Alzira - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[1] Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).

[2] Ptolemy 2,6,61, cf. also Adolf Schulten : Saetabicula . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IA, 2, Stuttgart 1920, column 1727 ..

[3] Database Patrimonio cultural

[4] www.laguia.es